Over the past few months, numerous national media outlets have published stories about the potential health risks of a material commonly used on playground surfaces—crumb rubber. Crumb rubber is a ...

Due to needed repairs to its rubber surface, the all-inclusive playground at Southside Park is closed for what could be a few months of construction to replace the turf. The playground, which opened ...

WASHINGTON — Some parents have concerns over synthetic turf and rubber-surface playgrounds in D.C. Last year, more than one dozen fields failed safety tests. The city made repairs, formed a working ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — School administrators ...

One survey found children 5 years old and younger commonly exhibited behaviors that could mean they are more exposed to playground surface chemicals. When Diana Zuckerman was growing up, there was ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif. (KGO) -- There are concerns from South Bay parents in the Sunnyvale School District and advocates over a proposal to replace playground surfaces at some schools with synthetic turf.

The public playground in Bandon, a small town on the blustery coast of Oregon, has everything a kid could want. Swings and an orange, twisting slide, even a bright blue boat. But after the playground ...

PANAMA CITY — The fine, white, soft sands that have piled up in the shoes of local schoolchildren for ages will be replaced with a more amiable playground turf. School playgrounds will have to ...

The video above features the latest footage from Troy. TROY, Ohio (WDTN) – The city of Troy’s Board of Park Commissioners is celebrating two grant awards from the Troy Foundation and the Upper Valley ...